NEWPORT BEACH
Angry residents have now drafted a petition demanding a footbridge be constructed near the new Newport Beach elementary school, claiming their previous requests have fallen on deaf ears.
Newport Coast Elementary School will sit on the corner of Newport Coast Drive--a six-lane highway with a speed limit of 60 mph--and Park Ridge Road, a street with a steep incline that does not yet have a speed limit.
Parents say they are terrified that a school-bound child crossing the busy highway will be struck by a speeding car. The group has implored Orange County officials to remedy the situation by lowering the speed limit and building two footbridges to provide safe passage for children.
The school is to open this fall with 350 students, most of whom live within a two-mile radius.
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